Fidelity Investments is closing its £95.6m international bond fund to new retail investment and converting it into a sub-fund of the company's Oeic.
Fidelity says interest in the fund from the retail sector has dropped but existing retail investors will be able to remain in the fund. The annual charge will decrease from 1 per cent to 0.5 per cent.
In the expectation that the UK's biggest companies will continue to outperform the FTSE All-Share index, Hill Samuel Asset Management has launched the British Pep. The Pep is based on its long-established British Trust and includes holdings such as Glaxo, HSBC and Barclays Bank. Hill Samuel says it is currently bullish about UK equities and […]
One of the key issues in the stakeholder pensions debate is the degree of regulation appropriate to the products. Would it be prudent to exclude stakeholder pensions from the present framework of regulation by introducing some form of kitemarking? On the face of it, there are advantages to this. First, providers would not need to […]
Eagle Star has paid £1,500 in compensation to a Sussex-based IFA over an approach to a client by its now defunct direct salesforce. The firm, Lilley Cohen, received the payment as a result of a row over an approach by an Eagle Star salesman to one of its clients holding a commercial mortgage with the […]
A new investment product dubbed “the McOik” is being launched on April 16. The first open-ended investment company North of the border has been given the nickname by its creator Templeton Investment Management in Edinburgh. It will be officially named Templeton Funds and absorb three existing unit trusts – Templeton global growth, Templeton value and […]
Our client leads the global market in high-tech electronics manufacturing and digital media. The trustees of the company’s final salary pension scheme insure death-in-service lump sum and dependants’ pension death benefits for active employees, as well as dependants’ pension benefits for deferred members (those who have left service).
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Advice giant St James’s Place will block access to its investment platform for 10 days while it migrates services to a new provider. SJP tells Money Marketing that the work will affect online service ability for clients between 19 October and 29 October. A spokesman says: “SJP will carry out essential maintenance to our systems as part […]
This summer saw the S&P 500 rule headlines for enjoying the longest-running bull market in history. Yet, as per the old adage, what goes up inevitably comes down, and it is the job of advisers to manage clients’ portfolios accordingly – either directly or via the third-party investment services they use. A crude assumption might […]
There is currently no minimum qualification level, but the majority of advisers think this needs to change The role of the paraplanner is a relatively new one and its definition and responsibilities can differ hugely between firms. According to the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment, the role can be broken down into four key […]